Improved



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLISON G. SMITH, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED. SPlTTOON. FOR CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,729, dated June 19, 1866; antedated May 26, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIsON G. SMITH, of Carlisle, in the county ot Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Spittoon for Railroad-Cars and Public Places; and I do hereby declare that the following is at'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to t-he accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is a top view otl my improved spit toon with the cover open and the bottom closed. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same with the bottom Vopen and the cover closed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line @c ai, Fig. 2. Fig. tis a detail side view of the lower part of the spittoon.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved seltcleaning spittoon for use in railroadcars and other public places, and it consists, rst, in a spittoon formed by combining the box or cup, the cover, the arm, and sliding bottom with each other, thc parts being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described 5 second, in the combination ot a spring with the lower part of the spittoon and with the sliding bottom of the same, for the purpose of guarding against the said sliding bottom being pushed or jarred too far in either direction.

A is the plate to which the cup or box B of the spittoon is attached, and by means of which it is secured to the tloor ot' the car or other place in which it is set.

The spittoon is placed in a hole prepared for its reception in the door C of the car, and is secured in place by screws, so as to be about level with the said ioor, as shown in red in Fig. 3.

1 The cup B is made cone-shaped, and is securely attached to the plate A. To the lower end ot the cone-shaped cup B is attached a cylindrical portion, b', to the lower edge of which the sliding bottom D is attached by means of the guides E. The guides E are securely attached to the sides of the lower edges of the said cylindrical part b of the cup B, as shown in Fig. 3, and are of such a length as to pass readily through the hole in the door C in which the spittoon is placed.

The sliding bottom D is made of sheet metal, and has a circular notch formed in one end, corresponding to the opening in the bottom of the spittoon, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the discharging-orifice ot' the spittoon may be fully opened without the said sliding bottom D being moved so far back as to be in danger of slipping oft the guides E.

The side edges of the bottom D are turned up so as to form flanges df, to the inner sides ot' which are attached narrow strips of sheet metal, bent over so as to form grooves, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of which the said bottom D may slide back and forth upon the guides E.

In the upper edge of one of the flanges d are formed two notches, one near each end of said flange, as shown in Fig. et, for the reception ot' the end of the spring F. .The side ot' each of these notches next the end of the iiange is square 5 but the other or inner sides ot' said notches are inclined, so as to allow the said bottom D to slide back and forth far enough to open and close the discharging-orifice of the spittoon, but prevent it from going any farther. One end ot' the spring F is attached to the lower part of the cup B, and the other end is bent over and rides upon the edge ofthe flange d', as shown.

Upon the lower side otl the sliding bottom D are attached two projections, d2, forming a recess for the reception ot' the end of the arm G, by which the said sliding bottom is operated. This arm Gris bent at right angles and passes up through the side of the cup B, and is securely attached to and forms the pivot ot the coverH. Or, it thought necessary for the support of said arm, it may pass up through a short tube, b3, attached to the side of said cup, as shown in Fig. 3.

The cover H, as it is turned to one side to open the spittoon, turns the arm G, which moves-the sliding bottom of the spittoon forward and closes the bottom of said spittoon, thus guarding against the entrance of cold air through it. By closing the cover H the arm G will open the sliding bottom and allow whatever may be in the spittoon to fall through 'to the ground, thus making it self-cleaning.,

What I claim s new, and desire to secure lower part of the spittoon and with the slidin g by Letters Patent, isbottom D, substantially as described, and for 1. Animprovcd self-eleanin gspittoon formed the purpose set forth. by combining the box or cup B, the cover H, The above specification of my invention the arm G, and sliding bottom D with each signed by me this 12th da-y of May, 1866. other, thepftrts being constructed and arranged WILLSON G. SMITH. substantially es herein described, and for the Witnesses: ...I purpose set forth. V JOSEPH HUNTER, .1

2. The combination ofthe spring` F with the G. W. SMITH. 

